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Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar has inaugurated Spring Festival 2020 at Jilani Park here on Monday.

On the occasion, he also visited Art and Craft Village and inspected different stalls being displayed over there. Punjab Housing Minister Mian Mahmood-ur-Rasheed, Advisor Asif Mahmood, PHA Vice Chairman Hafiz Zeeshan, PHA DG Muzaffar Khan and others were also present on the occasion.

While addressing the inaugural ceremony, the Chief Minister said that the Spring Festival has become a permanent cultural event of Lahore, which brings entertainment and a message of hope to everyone. He paid tributes to the organizers and pledged that they will continue to hold spring festivals in future, as such positive activities provide healthy entertainment.

According to him, the PTI government is striving to promote traditional tourism, sports and cultural activities from day one and has always promoted such activities. Law and order situation is satisfactory across the whole Punjab. The Punjab government has organized a number of sports, cultural and tourism activities across Punjab and holding of PSL matches in Lahore, including other cities of the province, is a welcome step.

He pointed out that Bangladesh team recently played matches in Lahore while an international event, Lahore Binnale, was successfully held for which the Punjab government provided Rs 60 million . He reiterated that literary festivals are also being organized along with art and cultural activities and university sports festival.

He further said that regional culture is being promoted by holding events like Rohi Funfair and Cholistan Jeep Rally. "Such tourists, cultural and sports programmes will also continue in future. The scope of Walled City of Lahore Authority has been extended to the whole of province; the Punjab government is protecting and restoring historical buildings to their original condition. Special steps have been taken in order to promote religious tourism in the province and Baloch Culture Day is also being celebrated on the eve of spring festival and I extend heartiest felicitations to my Baloch brethren," he added.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2020

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